These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Finalist:Design Company of the Year

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Finalist:Apps and Games

Monument Valley 2

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Dan Gray - Head of Studio; Peter Pashley - Head of Development; Neil McFarland - Head of Improvement; Adrienne Law - Producer; Jonathan Topf - Lead Designer; David Fernández Huerta - Art Director; Todd Baker - Sound Director; Manesh Mistry - Lead Programmer; Michael Anderson - QA Lead; Lea Schönfelder - Senior Designer; Joel Beardshaw - Senior Designer; Florian Veltman - Designer; Lauren Cason - Senior Artist; Max van der Merwe - Senior Technical Artist; Danette Beatty - Artist; Van Le - Senior Programmer; Matthew Newcombe - Senior Programmer; Alejandro Cámara - Programmer

Finalist:Experimental

The Future Of External Vehicular Sound

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Cesar Corral-Castilla- Designer; Kevin Harper - VR Engineer; Kota Kobyashi - Designer

Finalist:Health

Alder Play

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James Griffin, Product Lead; Jay Chan, Lead Designer; Holly Brennan, Lead Researcher; Anders Brevik, Unity/App Developer; Kevin Malkic, Unity/App Developer; Paul Springlett, Full Stack Software Developer; Dain Demmel, Creative Technologist; Derek Thorpe, QA Engineer; Gayane Gevorgyan, Delivery Coach; Emma Nordung, Delivery Coach

Honorable Mention:Health

Sway – Mindfulness In Motion

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Peng Cheng, Co-Founder, PauseAble; Marcus Woxneryd, Co-Founder, ustwo; Erik Alfredsson, Developer; Boris Kachscovsky, Developer; Jérémy Godefroid, Visual Design; Mikael Widerström, User Experience; Anna Felicia Valdés, Project Manager; Fredrik Wallin, Copywriter/Marketing; Steve Bittan, Copywriter/Marketing; Todd Baker, Sound Design

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Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief

Marcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.

Dyson’s latest product is a $550 hair curler

After six years and $31 million in development, Dyson is launching the Airwrap, a device that creates ringlets using a bit of aerospace-inspired physics.

Meet Krewe, the eyewear brand that New Orleans (and Beyoncé) built

The five-year-old brand’s founder is focused on giving back to his native New Orleans and putting it on the map of fashion-forward cities.

There’s even a Warby Parker of towels now

Weezie wants to shake up a mundane industry with design.

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The future of web design is less, not more

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This building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s making

It’s one of the most efficient buildings in the country–but its most unique design feature might be the 40-foot-tall installation in the atrium.

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